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We had some Canadian history every year. We also studied US history and European history as part of Social Studies, as well as politics and geography. I don't remember grade 8 socials very well because that was the year that my school decided to combine it with English and call the class Humanities... and then I dropped out near the start of the third quarter and had only done half of Humanities, so I ended up finishing Socials and English by correspondence. I think we covered things like the rise and fall of the Greek and Roman empires then. Grade 9 was European and North American history from the middle ages or something until around the eighteenth century. Grade 10 picked up where we left off, until the beginning of the 20th century. Grade 11 was almost entirely focussed on the causes and effects of the World Wars and how they impacted the world politically and economically.

Also included in Social Studies: the different inventions in each time period and how they affected sociological changes in the world.

In grade 12, I was supposed to be allowed to choose between History, Geography, and Law for my Social Studies credit. Instead I move to Alberta and find that not only do I have to take general social studies again, but it is covering the exact same subject matter I did in grade 11. I hate Socials more than any other subject. I was looking forward to choosing something else. What a ripoff.